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August 23, 2024

Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week™ (CMAW) 2024

Oct. 7-11, 2024

The theme this year, “ACT - ADVOCATE-COLLABORATE-TRANSFORM” will highlight strategies on how to gain support to advocate for better nutrition care and address malnutrition across healthcare settings.


August 9, 2024

Get Ready for CMAW 2024

Webinar Registrations Now Open!

This year, CMTF brings you a line up of 7 exciting webinars where nutrition experts and multidisciplinary speakers will share knowledge on the latest research, best practices and their insights around malnutrition care & advocacy. Register today!


July 22, 2024

Sneak peek- Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week Webinars and Buzz Kit!

Check out our CMAW 2024 webinar line up Oct 7-11 plus our joint session with ASPEN on September 26. Webinar registration opening soon! Our Buzz Kit contains button & sticker templates, social media messages & cards that will help you promote CMAW 2024 ACT-Advocate, Collaborate, Transform


July 8, 2024

Recipes4Residents Recipe Contest for Long Term Care

Deadline August 21, 2024

CMTF and NiD (Nutrition in Disguise), a program available through the Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care (CLRI) at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA), are holding a recipe contest for LTC homes.  Click below to learn more about prizes and other details. 


June 11, 2024

CMTF engages with Hospital CEOs and Leaders

CMTF leaders engaged with corporate members of Canadian College of Health Leaders to increase awareness of malnutrition, understand challenges and to explore how best nutrition care practices could be adopted in hospitals.

Updates to be presented at one of the webinars during CMAW Oct 7-11.


June 5, 2024

Save the date! Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week

Oct 7-11, 2024

This year’s theme ACT: ADVOCATE-COLLABORATE-TRANSFORM aims to increase the awareness of malnutrition and the need to advocate & collaborate to transform current practices to improve nutrition care across all health care settings. 

Updates on webinars, resources & promotional materials will be available at the link below. 


May 22, 2024

APNM Special Issue on Disease Related Malnutrition (DRM) released

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism Volume 49, Number 5, May 2024

CMTF members, Katheirne Ford, Heather Keller and Leah Gramlich are guest editors of this issue that features twelve research articles from various authors that focus on addressing DRM in hospital, community, and other settings in the adult and pediatric populations.  Articles can be accessed by clicking below.


May 17, 2024

For Mental Health Month - “Role of Dietitians in Mental Health” May 22 

CMTF Primary and Community Care Mentoring Session

Interested in attending this free mentoring session with Lisa Mowers, RD, Provincial Practice Lead for Mental Health, Nutrition Services, Alberta Health Services? Register soon, see details below:


March 14, 2024

Aging with Dignity Position Statement

Aging with Dignity Bilateral Deals – An Important Investment but lacks focus on food and nutrition

CNS and CMTF request that the importance of food and nutrition care be clearly articulated as part of these Aging with Dignity Bilateral investments.


February 12, 2024

Food Insecurity: Where to from here?

CMTF Primary and Community Care Mentoring Session March 13

Register soon for this mentoring session with Gerry Kasten, RD, MSc FDC, Lecturer, Food Nutrition and Health, University of British Columbia. See details below. 


 

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